JACL National Youth Student Council- MDC Youth Summit

America's Black Holocaust Museum Milwaukee, WI, United States

Learn about the mission and work of the American Black Holocaust Museum sponsored by the JACL National Youth Student Council.

Haddassah Minneapolis St. Paul presents “Sachiko: The True Story of a Child Survivor of the Bombing of Nagasaki”

Haddassah Minneapolis St. Paul presents "Sachiko: The True Story of a Child Survivor of the Bombing of Nagasaki". How many Americans know what happened to innocent civilian survivors of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II? Stories of the hibakusha, the Japanese word for atomic bomb survivors, are important for us

Funny Asian Women Kollective- The FAWK Super Show…AGAIN!

The Ordway Center for Performing Arts 345 Washington Street, St. Paul, MN, United States

The Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK), is a comedy group that uses comedy to combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian women. For the first time since 2019, FAWK will be performing a live comedy show indoors FOR ONE NIGHT ONLY. The lineup includes Naomi Ko, May Lee-Yang, Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, Tsuab Yang, Patti Kameya,

Minnesota History Center & TC JACL -Righting A Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II Exhibit Opening

Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN, United States

Minnesota History Center Presents "Righting A Wrong: Japanese Americans and World War II" April 23 - July 3, 2022 EXHIBIT OPENING PROGRAM FILM SCREENING AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS Saturday, April 23, 2022, 11 am - 3pm Minnesota History Center, 3M Auditorium Exhibit viewing for Minnesota Historical Society Members is free. Non-members will need to purchase museum

JASM- ”Tattoo History” with Emi Nijiya (Online)

Webinar

JASM is very excited to announce a webinar: "Tattoo History" by Tattoo artist, Emi Nijiya on Thursday, April 28, 2022 at 6 p.m. Tattoo History: A talk about the connections between Japanese and Western tattooing and the growth to today’s tattoo industry How did tattooing originate in Japan and how did it become popular in the United States?

King County Law Library- Remembering Japanese Incarceration and the Lies of Executive Order 9066

Webinar

Filmmaker Jon Osaki’s documentary, "Alternative Facts: The Lies of Executive Order 9066" takes an in-depth look at the legal rationale and evidence that undergirded the issuance of Executive Order 9066, which led to the wartime incarceration of almost 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry, and Korematsu v. United States (1944), the subsequent U.S. Supreme Court Case

Saint Paul Civic Symphony- May 8 2022: Music of Home & Hope (Annual Mother’s Day Concert)

Landmark Center 75 W 5th St, St. Paul, MN, United States

Heitzeg: Green Hope after Black Rain Grieg: Piano Concerto in A Minor, Op. 16 Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 (“From the New World”) Featuring the world premiere of Saint Paul composer Steve Heitzeg’s Green Hope after Black Rain (SPCS’s 75th anniversary commission), with Grieg’s Piano Concerto, performed by Jacob Taggart, and Dvorak’s New World Symphony. Pianist

Minnesota History Center & TC JACL – Echoes of History: The Japanese American Imprisonment Resounds Today

Minnesota History Center 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN, United States

Join Dale Minami for a recounting of how a fraud on the United States Supreme Court resulted in the upholding of the conviction of Fred Korematsu and the incarceration program of Japanese Americans during World War II. Forty years later, a group of young attorneys were able to overturn the conviction but history is repeating

San Diego JACL- The ART of Inclusive Communication (Part A)

Webinar

The San Diego Chapter of JACL is hosting a free, virtual dialogue-focused workshop on inclusive communication provided by the National Conflict Resolution Center. Part A is May 25 from 6-8 p.m. Part Bis on June 1 from 6-8 p.m. Both are on Zoom Online Workshop. The interactive workshop involves small group discussion, facilitated dialogue, and

AMAJ- Concert: NO-NO BOY with Alicia Thao

The Cedar Cultural Center 416 Cedar Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota

ABOUT THIS SHOW No-No Boy is the musical project of Vietnamese American singer and scholar Julian Saporiti. On his Smithsonian Folkways debut 1975, named after the year Saigon fell, Saporiti investigates his own family heritage as well as life in WWII Japanese internment camps, immigrant detention centers and refugee camps in 2020, and other stories

$15 – $20

San Diego JACL- The ART of Inclusive Communication (Part B)

Webinar

The San Diego Chapter of JACL is hosting a free, virtual dialogue-focused workshop on inclusive communication provided by the National Conflict Resolution Center. Part A is May 25 from 6-8 p.m. Part Bis on June 1 from 6-8 p.m. Both are on Zoom Online Workshop. The interactive workshop involves small group discussion, facilitated dialogue, and